Two men have been slapped with fines after verbally abusing a station worker after one became angry at the fact his Oyster card would not work.

James Digges, 31, and Sam Sowerby, 32, both appeared before Sevenoaks Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (March 13) charged with using threatening words/behaviour with intent to cause fear/ provoke unlawful violence.

Paul Shore, prosecuting, told the court that the pair had been travelling to the station on separate trains, with Sowerby coming in from London.